Releasing 50 Hostages
The Israel-Hamas War Is at a Four-Day Ceasefire as a Result of the Successful Transfer of Hostages After painstaking, tentative steps, Israel and Hamas reached agreement... Read more.
The Conflicting War Stories
Humanitarian Conflicts Surround the Israel-Hamas War Maybe what we’re witnessing in the Middle East — as well as in our domestic politics and cultural clashes... Read more.
Our ‘Tin Ear’ Syndrome
Leaders Are Refusing To Hear Out Perspective, Causing Controversy Surrounding Crucial Global Matters We seem to be suffering an outbreak of what I’ll call... Read more.
Finally, Some Guardrails for AI
President Biden Issued a Set of Executive Orders To Make AI Safer It turns out that trying to regulate Artificial Intelligence is a frustrating quest for humans.... Read more.
Widening War Worries
Tensions Are Rising in the Middle East Less than two weeks in, the drumbeat about the prospects for the Israel-Hamas war to explode into a regional or even global... Read more.
Aid to Israel but Not Ukraine?
There Is Political Divide Over Foreign Aid to Ukraine and Israel The brutality of accounts from atrocities in the Hamas attacks on civilians in Israel reflects “an... Read more.
Third-Parties Meet Electoral Politics
Americans Are Frustrated With the U.S. Election System As we watch the major political parties continue to implode, two things seem true. The first is that unhappiness... Read more.
Cycle of Disgust
Israel Has Declared War on Gaza After a Surprise Attack by Radical Group Hamas The news from Israel is queasy making, even if you don’t have relatives or acquaintances... Read more.
House Retribution and Chaos
We’re seeing plenty of retribution politics even in the first day after the ouster of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House. Weirdly, the revenge is being leveled... Read more.
Tyranny of the Unserious
Gaetz, Far-Right Republicans Push Out McCarthy At once, the ouster of Kevin McCarthy out of the House Speaker’s job is a significant political rebellion — but... Read more.